oct 31, 1904 - A revolutionary woman

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"With her Japanese sword, her practice of the martial arts, and her man's attire, she defied the conventional stereotype of a woman. Besides using her sobriquet "heroine of Jian Lake," she took the name "Jingxiong," meaning "competition" or "power," as a means of suggesting gender equality in revolutionary pursuits. Radical students like Qiu Jin often were drawn to the shadowy subculture of the secret societies, groups of Chinese who had organized to protect their own local interests against those of the scholar-gentry or the court authorities. In Yokohama, Qiu Jin became a member of the largest of these groups, the Triad secret society. She also helped to organize a society for the Study of Oratory and gave lectures on revolution and on gender equality. Like many other educated Chinese, she contributed to the vernacular movement in order to introduce revolutionary ideas to the lower classes. Qiu Jin wrote articles opposing foot-binding and promoting gender equality and women's education for the Vernacular Journal. She became acquainted with Tao Chengzhang, a leader of the Revolutionary Restoration Society, Huang Xing, who was also active in the revolutionary movement, and Lu Xun, the master of satire aimed at Chinese society and tradition." (https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/qiu-jin-c-1875-1907)

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